ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY RESOLUTION

Approved at the May 10, 2002 Board of Trustees Meeting

Elimination of the Tenure Pool

ISSUE: The Board of Trustees must approve the nullification of the university policy, "Conditions Under Which a Moratorium is Placed on Tenure," regarding limitations on effective dates of faculty tenure appointments.

RECOMMENDATION:

WHEREAS, the vast majority of educational institutions do not create a holding pool for faculty who are qualified to receive tenure and have been approved for tenure to be effective at some future date, and

Whereas, the university has no practical need to limit tenure percentages in departments to 75 percent or less, and

Whereas, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has voiced concerns about a 75 percent tenure moratorium rule, and

Whereas, the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association has voiced concerns regarding the university’s use of a 75 percent tenure moratorium policy, and

Whereas, there are possible legal ramifications that may be argued regarding holding in a tenure pool faculty who are qualified for tenure and have been approved by the university to receive tenure effective at some future date, and

Whereas, the university’s faculty tenure pool is empty and holds no faculty for the upcoming academic year 2002-2003, and this will be a prime opportunity to dissolve the tenure pool.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the President of the University recommends that the Board of Trustees approve the dissolution of the tenure moratorium and the conditions under which a moratorium is placed on tenure.

Approved at the May 10, 2002 Board of Trustees Meeting